Iran recently upped their measures to censor the internet.
This restricts access to social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and other sites like Google. Many perceive this to be a measure against a revolt, like the other countries in the Middle East; those revolutions were primarily orchestrated through social networking sites.
Iranian officials insist that this is being done for the protection of their citizens, and to prevent the US gov't from "spying" on them.
Personally, I think that the Iranian gov't is getting more paranoid with every passing year. Their false claims of trying to protect their people, when in reality they're only trying to control and stifle them is a bit bizarre. They should realize that this is going to come back and bite them in the butt: they're trying to prevent an uprising, but by enforcing more stringent rules, the people will get angrier and organize one without the help of the internet. Let's be honest: if someone really wanted to organize a revolution, I'm sure they could manage without the help of Facebook or something sure it'd be difficult, but it could still happen.
article link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iran-increasingly-controls-its-internet/2012/02/07/gIQAxTya1Q_story.html?tid=pm_world_pop
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